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  • Apply / Understanding the process

    What we look for

    Institute. Many of the problem sets (our affectionate term for homework) at ... The match between you and MIT Ask any admissions officer at MIT, and ... of examples. Collaborative and cooperative spirit The core of the MIT
  • Discover / Life and culture

    Clubs & activities

    desires.[/intro] The recognized student groups at MIT include ethnic and ... cultural appreciation and scientific investigation of chocolate, and the only group on campus that orders more than 500 pounds of chocolate a year
  • Discover / The MIT education

    The first year

    first term, and at any time during their course of study. This grading ... questions at the heart of all serious human inquiry.[/annotation] Concourse ... [intro]During the first year at MIT, you will explore your interests

  • Maps, directions, parking

    Admissions at MIT Welcome Center We are located at the MIT Welcome ... MIT section of our site. The Welcome Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Admissions at the MIT Welcome Center 292 Main
  • Help / Contact

    Visit our office

    [intro]Admissions at MIT Welcome Center[/intro] If you plan to visit, we are located at the MIT Welcome Center near the Kendall Square T station. You can learn more in the Visit MIT section of our site. Welcome
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    For school counselors

    regionalized officer who exclusively presents to your school or area. All of our ... outside of the reading season. You are our professional colleagues, and we ... AM–5 PM ET) at 1.617.253.3400, or to email our general staff email

  • infinite MIT

    . Student jobs and research at MIT: All students, regardless of their ... in classes, clubs, and playful hacks (or a combo of all three). At its ... . Creativity, product design, and collaboration, are at the core of this class
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Summer programs

    . Similar to the way we look at a student’s extracurricular activities, there ... start, here’s an incomplete list of summer programs that MIT students have found enriching and fun. These are selective summer programs, at MIT and
  • Help / Contact

    Via tesseract

    "That, of course, is the impractical, long way around. We have learned to take short cuts wherever possible." "Sort of like in math?" Meg asked. "Like in math." Mrs. Whatsit looked over at Mrs. Who. "Take your
  • Discover / Learn more

    Admissions videos

    Pi Day videos (2014–2024) In 2014, we made a video of some bloggers ... comforting character for those of us old enough to remember videotapes ... . It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and was produced entirely by a
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    International applicants

    MIT has a very long history of educating international students, and ... applying to an American school like MIT works. Some of the information in ...  and local advising centers. Am I international? For the purposes of the

  • Policies

    selection, MIT looks at each application holistically, taking account of many ... excellence that placed them at the top of our applicant pool. But we strive for ... a diverse set of peers at MIT prepares our students to work
  • Discover / The MIT education

    Global education

    [intro] A majority of MIT students travel to study, research, work ... can expect to have at least one international experience with research ... year, hundreds of students intern, teach, research, and collaborate in
  • Apply / Preparing for MIT

    Be yourself!

    and capable of in a college application.  As admissions officers, we ... the context of your life.  It’s important to think of any college ... place for your next step. This kind of self-reflection isn’t easy, and if
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    WISE 2024

    , including the cost of transportation to and from MIT. We strongly encourage ... : You must attend high school in the United States or one of its ... financial aid application process. Travel The cost of transportation to and
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Creative portfolios

    Room.
 For more information on each type of portfolio, please review the ... significant research project outside of high school classes may consider ... experience. Include a PDF of your abstract or research poster, if available
  • Apply / Understanding the process

    Our selection process

    committee, where multiple groups of different admissions staff and faculty members will weigh in. At least a dozen people will significantly discuss ... decision is correct in the context of the overall applicant pool, and that no
  • Apply / Parents and educators

    Advising your students

    Dean of Admissions, Stu Schmill '86, wrote in a blog post: In simple ... think they have to. We don’t want students to take advanced classes out of a sense of competition, rather than the joy of learning. We don’t want
  • Apply / First-year applicants

    Interview

    About the interview At MIT we don't just want to see how you look on ... , we offer an interview with a member of the MIT Educational Council, a network of over 3,500 MIT graduates around the world who volunteer to meet